H-2 Worker

H-2 Worker — Plot

This documentary examines the lives of Jamaican migrant laborers recruited to cut sugar cane in Florida under the temporary H-2 guest worker program. Filmed in the cane fields and labor camps around Lake Okeechobee, the film documents the harsh working conditions and limited protections faced by the workers.

• Release date
• January 1, 1990
• Runtime
• 70 min
• Genres
• Documentary
• Director
• Stephanie Black